The Orange County Register has been sold to 2100 Trust LLC. The newspaper had been owned by Freedom Communications, which announced the sale of its newspapers in Texas and in the Midwest last month and of its newspapers in North Carolina and in Florida on June 1.
(Note: Former BJ staffer John Dunphy workede for OC Register before he was laid off in February. He was named editor of Southland Golf Magazine in May.)
Kushner’s getting the Register, plus Freedom’s remaining six dailies:
The Gazette of Colorado Springs, Colo.; The Sun of Yuma, Ariz.; The
Desert Dispatch of Barstow, Calif.; The Porterville (Calif.) Recorder;
the Victorville, Calif., Daily Press; and the Marysville, Calif.,
Appeal-Democrat.
Kushner had previously attempted to buy The Boston Globe and MaineToday Media. Kushner’s negotiations with the Portland Newspaper Guild reportedly went so badly they helped scotch the entire deal.
Freedom announced the sale of its broadcast division late last year. In November 2010, Poynter’s Rick Edmonds tried to divine the company’s strategy as it emerged from bankruptcy: “Might the strategy be to sell some of the properties, keep others and reposition the company by investing the proceeds in digital ventures?”
Freedom announced the sale of its broadcast division late last year. In November 2010, Poynter’s Rick Edmonds tried to divine the company’s strategy as it emerged from bankruptcy: “Might the strategy be to sell some of the properties, keep others and reposition the company by investing the proceeds in digital ventures?”
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